Biography
Elie Bourgely, born in Lebanon in 1960, studied Fine Art and Art History in Beirut and Paris, earning his doctoral degree and a post-graduate diploma (DEA) in Art History from Paris IV University – Sorbonne. His mixed-media installations are distinguished by the use of found objects, including materials collected from Lebanon’s streets and forests, as well as glued paper, cloth, stones, and sand. These elements are assembled to create textural tapestries that reflect a specific time and place, with the inclusion of personal traces being central to his creative process. Bourgely describes his art as “therapy for memory,” aiming to uncover the deep, hidden secrets that the mind struggles to conceal.
He has participated in numerous group exhibitions across the Arab world and Europe and has held solo shows in Lebanon, France, and Belgium. Bourgely currently resides in Lebanon, where he teaches Art History and served as the Head of the Plastic Arts Section at the Lebanese University, Beirut.
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